The government has halted the program over concerns that Facebook violates Net neutrality by offering only certain Web content for free. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

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As recently as last week, Facebook was touting the growth of Free Basics, its Internet.org project designed to give users free curated web access in developing countries, but the app isn’t working out ...

Facebook's controversial Free Basics service quietly disappeared from several markets over the past few months, according to The Outline. One of those countries is Myanmar, where it was accused of ...

Facebook is very proud of its Free Basics initiative. The successor to the internet.org project brings free online access to the populations of over 65 developing countries, but while that may sound ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Facebook’s free-but-restricted internet service, Free Basics, has been banned in India after the country’s ...

Free Basics, a Facebook program that gives free access to certain Internet services, has been shut down in Egypt. The news comes the week after India’s telecom regulator ordered the suspension of Free ...

In this video, I guide you through setting up a Facebook business page step by step. Here’s what you’ll learn: Why Create a Facebook Business Page? I explain the two main reasons: running ads on ...

Reuters’ anonymous sources didn’t elaborate on the government’s demands or how it wanted Facebook to alter its security practices. More than 3 million people in Egypt had signed up for Free Basics ...

Alan is a technology author based in Nova Scotia, Canada. A computer enthusiast since his youth, Alan stays current on what is new and what is next. With over 30 years of experience in computer, video ...

Nobody ever said connecting the world would be easy. Despite aggressive efforts to promote universal connectivity in India, Facebook just struck out. India’s telecom regulator has blocked the ...